Withnail Books of Penrith, well-known for finding literary rarities and publishing them in fine limited edition pamphlets, have just announced The Slave Race by Philip K Dick.
As they outline, this is the author's 'first published science fiction story. It appeared in his local newspaper in 1944, and has been largely forgotten since—it does not feature in any edition of his Collected Short Stories.'
The story is described as 'an astonishing
piece of work, an epic in miniature, dense with ideas and concepts to which
Dick would return again and again.'
The rediscovered story has now been published in a limited edition chapbook of 250 hand-numbered copies with a frontispiece illustration based on a linocut by Sharon Newell.
No PKD or early SF enthusiast will want to miss this.
(Mark Valentine)
Thanks Mark for telling us about this major discovery. Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite SF writers. I just ordered a copy for the low price of $10.76.
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